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[–] Zerlyna@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That’s interesting. I talked about that with my therapist a few months ago. A lot of it makes sense for me I think, but she feels the bipolar is still better. The instant rage swings are awful.

[–] Waveform@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There's also something called intermittent explosive disorder (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermittent_explosive_disorder) that causes fits of rage. Before I quit booze I was having something similar very frequently. It was like my brain was being hijacked. I wouldn't be surprised if in addition to bp2 I had that, or bpd...

[–] Zerlyna@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Ohhhhh that fits… 🧐